Personal Narratives & Interviews

Community Services, Education and Social Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--Edith Cowan University, 1999.

In interviews, thirty-three individuals from across Canada discuss living in urban centres, identity, and contemporary issues they consider to be important. Each interview is approximately 30 min. long.

Study shows mixed results of how Native inner-city residents feel about newcomer refugees. To access article scroll to p. 15.

Discussion about the ideals of assimilation and regaining one's culture.

Comments on the findings from interviews with 74 Inuit adults regarding what they like about schooling and what they would like to see change. Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.

Education Thesis, (M.A.) --Victoria University of Wellington, 2011.

Impact on the life of Tecumseh's descendant, Thomas Wildcat Alford of the Shawnee tribe, who was selected by elders to attend a government boarding school in the late 1800's.

Young environmentalist discusses her views and her song, Shallow Waters which highlights how an oil spill in the northwest coast could tragically end the traditional way of life for many coastal First Nations and devastate all marine and coastal life and habitat.

Author reflects on his experiences at Old Sun Residential School and finding personal reconciliation through his art.

Discusses Treaty 7: events leading up to it; promises made and broken.

Woman discusses the role culture has played in her recovery from alcohol abuse. Duration: 7:49. Part of project headed by Dr. Colleen Dell, University of Saskatchewan Research Chair in Substance Abuse.

Woman discusses the role culture has played in her recovery from alcohol abuse. Duration: 9:37. Part of project headed by Dr. Colleen Dell, University of Saskatchewan Research Chair in Substance Abuse.

Explores several significant values of Native Americans that may greatly facilitate a positive therapeutic process.

Article documents the author’s interview with the novelist Anna Lee Walters about her novel Ghost Singer and includes corrections and clarifications sent by Walters after reading the transcript of the interview. Includes commentary on the text, literature, cultural interactions.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Nipissing University, 2010.

Book review of: Vancouver Island Letters of Edmund Hope Verney, 1862-1865 edited by Allan Pritchard.

Story about traditional Ojibway beliefs and the seven hills of life.

Originally published in 1917.

Performance art by James Luna. Duration: 2:41.

Classifies autobiographies and highlights significant works in each category.

Interview with Jimmie Durham before the opening of his exhibition entitled A Matter of Life and Death and Singing at M HKA.

Book review of: The Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories by Hugh A. Dempsey.

Book review of: The Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories by Hugh A. Dempsey.

Book review of: The Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories by Hugh A. Dempsey

Interviews delegates, asking for their thoughts about Inuit art at the Biennale and the importance of the international Indigenous voice. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 42.

Presents a personal narrative titled, "Venison" Vyron, written by Shane Dixon.

Consists of an interview where he tells of life in a foster home and cultural suppression; gives a description of suppression on reserves in the 1950's; and gives a description of native values and philosophy and the role of sweat lodges.

Interview with an Aboriginal woman who has been an educator and a student for 70 years and author of Creating Space: My Live and Work in Indigenous Education. Duration: 29:53.

Interview with an Aboriginal woman who has been an educator and a student for 70 years and author of Creating Space: My Live and Work in Indigenous Education. Duration: 30:20.

Consists of an interview where Verna Patronella Johnston speaks of uses for traditional foods and medicines. She also gives an account of Grandma Jones, a storyteller.

Verna Richards ran the La Ronge Cafe in the 1950s and 1960s. She knew many of the local Indian and Metis people including Brady and Norris.

Verna Richards ran the La Ronge Cafe in the 1950s and 1960s. She knew many of the local people including Brady and Norris.

Consists of an interview where she gives a general account of life and the traditional foods on the reserve.

Brief article discusses how laughter contributes to good health and the role humour plays in Indigenous culture, Includes quotes from Dakota comedian Mylo Redwater Smith.

History and Classics Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2000.

This interview did not include include abstract information or subject terms.

Victorine Gardiner gives a general account of her life. No index terms are included.

Film review of: Video Letters from Prison directed by Milt Lee.

[American Studies?] Thesis (Ph.D.)--State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY), 1993.

Research project concludes that healthcare tobacco cessation messaging should include e-cigarettes.

Speaker describes the "Views from the North" project which involved students from Nunavut Sivuniksavut showing Elders from their community photographs housed at Library and Archives Canada and interviewing them about images. Duration: 41:37.

Fifth Estate documentary about St. Joseph's Mission School in Williams Lake, British Columbia and the residential school system in Canada. Originally aired on Jan. 9, 1991. Duration: 51:50.

Looks at project to find the root causes for young Aboriginal women and girls to become more violent, aggressive and prone to gang involvement.

Panel discussion about government accountability and the forthcoming inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and efforts to strengthen community-based responses. to violence. Duration: 2:16:01.